New Amsterdam Singers Will Present THROUGH THE SEASONS
New Amsterdam Singers (NAS), led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present Through the Seasons, featuring Robert Paterson's 'I Go Among Trees' - a World Premiere commissioned by NAS in honor of its 50th anniversary. The three-movement work by the New York-based award-winning composer is written for chorus and marimba on texts by Wendell Berry, May Sarton, and John Freeman; Makoto Nakura is the marimba soloist. The concert will be performed twice: Friday, March 20, 2020, at 8:00 pm at Broadway Presbyterian Church, Broadway at 114th Street, and Sunday, March 22, 2020, at 4:00 pm at The Theater of St. Jean Baptiste, 184 East 76th St.
SANTA FE SPRING Comes to Teatro Paraguas
'Santa Fe Spring' is the literate, hopeful, slyly funny story of a virgin spinster, aloof and delicate against eternity, who is shocked into lifelong love with a firecracker-charismatic phoenix of a young poet.
Portland Stage Announces the World Premiere of Monica Wood's THE HALF-LIGHT
A chance encounter presents a tantalizing question for a college secretary: Can anyone be trained to see the dead? Her dogged pursuit of an answer leads to a far more earthbound challenge when a colleague is felled by grief. A heartwarming drama about love and purpose that examines the ghosts that live within us all. The Half-Light was developed as part of the 2018 Little Festival of the Unexpected at Portland Stage.
Portland Stage Announces 2018 Little Festival Of The Unexpected
Portland Stage will celebrate 29 years of nurturing playwrights and new work from May 8-12, 2018 during the Little Festival of the Unexpected. Little Festival is a week-long event dedicated to public readings of new American plays. Each May three playwrights are in residence at Portland Stage throughout the week developing their scripts with input from actors, dramaturgs, and directors.
Playwrights Theatre Announces 2014 New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest Winners
Playwrights Theatre is pleased to announce the winners of the 31st Annual New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest. From the 470 plays submitted by young writers throughout the state, a panel of theatre professionals has selected four High School plays, three Junior High School plays and four Elementary Schools plays. In each category, selection was blind; plays were selected without knowledge of playwrights' schools, grade or background. The 31st Annual New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest Festival will be held on June 2 and 3, 2014, as part of a partnership between Playwrights Theatre and Premiere Stages at Kean University. Select plays from this festival may be reprised at Playwrights Theatre's nationally-recognized Forum Reading Series in December 2014. This reading series brings together writers from all over the United States.
Mad Horse Theatre Company Presents PAPERMAKER Reading Tonight
Mad Horse Theatre Company invites Southern Maine theatergoers to celebrate the New Year with its wildly popular BY LOCAL new play series. Mad Horse will present a staged reading of Monica Wood's play, PAPERMAKER, tonight, January 4, 7:30pm, at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher Street in South Portland. This event was originally scheduled for December 15, but was postponed due to a snowstorm.
Mad Horse Theatre Company Reschedules BY LOCAL for 1/4
Mad Horse Theatre Company invites Southern Maine theatergoers to celebrate the New Year with its wildly popular BY LOCAL new play series. Mad Horse will present a staged reading of Monica Wood's play, PAPERMAKER, on Saturday, January 4, 7:30pm, at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher Street in South Portland. This event was originally scheduled for December 15, but was postponed due to a snowstorm.
Mad Horse Theatre Continues Successful BY LOCAL Series, Now thru 12/15
Mad Horse's December BY LOCAL series will take place this weekend, December 12-15th, Thursday - Saturday at 7:30 and on Sunday at 2:00. All performances will be at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher St. in South Portland. ALLIGATOR ROAD by Callie Kimball, December 12&14. PAPERMAKER by Monica Wood, December 13&15.
Mad Horse Theatre to Continue BY LOCAL Series with Weekend Honoring Female Playwrights, 12/12-15
Mad Horse's December BY LOCAL series will take place on the weekend of December 12-15th, 7:30 Thursday - Saturday and 2:00 on Sunday. All performances will be at the Hutchins School, 24 Mosher St. in South Portland. ALLIGATOR ROAD by Callie Kimball, runs December 12&14. PAPERMAKER by Monica Wood, runs December 13&15. Admission is pay what you can at the door, with a suggested donation of $10.00. Please log onto Madhorse.com or check out the Mad Horse Facebook page for more information.